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> Kahneman's full quote is just embarrassing

Yes. It is. But as another poster has noted, he largely recanted in 2017 [1]. And this is to his credit. Few scholars -- and fewer prominent ones -- have been willing to reverse course in as public a fashion as this.

[1] https://replicationindex.com/2017/02/02/reconstruction-of-a-...

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“The argument is inescapable: Studies that are underpowered for the detection of plausible effects must occasionally return non-significant results even when the research hypothesis is true – the absence of these results is evidence that something is amiss in the published record. ”

This is a great insight.

> I am still attached to every study that I cited, and have not unbelieved them

So he admits that the studies don't replicate but he still believes in their conclusions? Somehow that makes him look worse, not better, in my eyes but maybe I'm too critical.

You’re allowed to be attached to any theory you want, as long as you don’t let it override your judgement of the actual evidence. In this sense it’s probably better that you’re cognizant and open about your personal bias, rather than pretending it doesn’t exist (or overcompensating in the other direction and thus developing a new bias.)

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